As I look back to a lost era, I hear the sounds of laughter and feel the camaraderie of the neighboring families, the genteel Virginian aristocracy...
hear the sounds of laughter and feel the camaraderie of the neighboring families, the genteel Virginian aristocracy who admired architecture and art, and had the ardent, educated minds to enjoy conversations about politics, farming, and business ventures.
It is no wonder these families wanted
their offspring to partner and continue to propagate healthy family trees, with ensured financial success. It wasn’t an easy life in early Virginia, and money and education were highly valued as the formula to their endowed legacy. As I watch from my perch of 2010, I realize Sally and Michael’s love was contrary to the precedence of generations. It was a reviled attack on who they were. I felt such compassion for Sally that day; we don’t always get to choose who we love. A few days passed, and I received an
email from Sarah Pope: Laine,
I thought you would be interested in some research I did this morning to see if we could determine who the “Sally” and “Elizabeth” are associated with the locket and how the year 1794 may also be associated with the object. Laine, you spoke of the brother’s sister or the brother’s sister-in-law coming out too. When Frank and Becky Tayloe Lee died in 1797, Menokin came under the ownership of Becky Tayloe Lee’s brother, John Tayloe III. John Tayloe III rented the house and plantation to his nephew, John Tayloe Lomax. John Tayloe Lomax’s mother was Anne, sister to Becky and John Tayloe III. John T Lomax lived at Menokin with his wife and children from 1809 to 1819. During this time, his mother Anne was widowed. His mother and some of his sisters came to live with John T Lomax at Menokin.
John T Lomax had a sister named Elizabeth b. 1785 (who married Taliaferro Hunter) and a sister named Sarah (Sally?) born in 1794. Sarah (Sally?) died at the age of 18 in 1812 unmarried.
Perhaps this is our Sally?! - Sarah.
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